It Profits A Man Nothing To Give

Even At Our Birth, Death Does But Stand Aside A Little. And Every Day He Looks Toward Us And Muses Somewhat To Himself Whether That Day Or The Next He Will Draw Nigh.

A Belief Is Not Merely An Idea The Mind Possesses; It Is An Idea That Possesses The Mind.

When A Man Takes An Oath... He's Holding His Own Self In His Own Hands. Like Water.

Morality's Not Practical. Morality's A Gesture. A Complicated Gesture Learnt From Books.

If We Lived In A State Where Virtue Was Profitable, Common Sense Would Make Us Good, And Greed Would Make Us Saintly. And We'd Live Like Animals Or Angels In The Happy Land That /needs/ No Heroes. But Since In Fact We See That Avarice, Anger, Envy, Pride, Sloth, Lust And Stupidity Commonly Profit Far Beyond Humility, Chastity, Fortitude, Justice And Thought, And Have To Choose, To Be Human At All... Why Then Perhaps We /must/ Stand Fast A Little --even At The Risk Of Being Heroes.